Te Ohu Kaimoana is mourning the loss of one of Māoridom’s great leaders and a
man who was among those responsible for securing fishing rights for Māori in the
late 1980s, resulting in the Māori Fisheries Settlement. More >>

The board of Te Ohu Kaimoana (Māori Fisheries Trust) is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr Dion Tuuta (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Taranaki) to the role
of Chief Executive and to take the Māori Fisheries Settlement into a new era. More >>

Iwi organisations named in the Māori Fisheries Act have pledged their unanimous
support for legal action being taken by Te Ohu Kaimoana (Māori Fisheries Trust)
against the Government’s proposed Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary. More >>

Proposed legislation for establishing marine protected areas in territorial waters
will undermine Māori fishing rights under the Treaty of Waitangi and erode the value
of the Māori Fisheries Settlement. More >>

Te Ohu Kaimoana (Māori Fisheries Trust) will hold up to 10 hui nationwide with iwi
organisations to discuss far-reaching recommendations made in a review of the Māori
Fisheries Settlement structures. More >>

The discussion around the Fisheries (Foreign Charter Vessels and Other Matters)
Bill is one of the most important facing iwi this year, Te Ohu Kaimoana Chief Executive
Peter Douglas said at the hui-a-tau (annual general meeting) in Wellington today. More >>

Te Ohu Kaimoana welcomes release of Ministerial Panel report Te Ohu Kaimoana (the
Maori Fisheries Trust) welcomed the release of the report from the Ministerial Inquiry
into the use of Foreign Charter Vessels in New Zealand’s deepwater fishery More >>